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Noor is the longest-standing member of the Board of Commissioners of the International Commission on Missing Persons. As of 2023, she is president of the United World Colleges movement and an advocate of the anti- nuclear weapons proliferation campaign Global Zero.
Now, more than two decades later, Jordan’s Queen Noor — the American-born, Princeton-educated former Lisa Halaby — is caught up in a palace drama surrounding her eldest son, the prince she had...
Queen Noor, American-born architect who was the consort of King Hussein of Jordan from 1978 until his death in 1999. She was involved in numerous philanthropic causes, especially those involving children. She was also active in efforts to ban landmines. Learn more about Queen Noor’s life and work.
Queen Noor of Jordan, who was the consort of King Hussein, was trained as an urban planner and works as a philanthropist and world activist.
The oldest son of the late King Hussein and his favourite wife Queen Noor, Prince Hamzah is a graduate of the UK's Harrow School and the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst. He also...
A long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and Palestinian refugees, Queen Noor is a Director of Refugees International and an outspoken voice for the protection of civilians in conflict and displaced persons around the world.
Queen Noor has assumed an advocacy role in the international fight to ban antipersonnel mines. As Patron of Landmine Survivors Network (LSN), she patronized the first “International Conference on Landmine Injury & Rehabilitation in the Middle East” in Amman in 1998.
Queen Noor (Arabic: الملكة نور born Lisa Najeeb Halaby on August 23, 1951)) is the widow of the late King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan. Elizabeth (Lisa) Najeeb Halaby was born in Washington, DC, of Arab, Swedish, Scottish, and English descent.
Now, more than two decades later, Jordan’s Queen Noor – the American-born, Princeton-educated former Lisa Halaby – is caught up in a palace drama surrounding her eldest son, the prince she had...
ADDRESSES: Offıce— Office of Her Majesty Queen Noor, Bab Al Salam Palace, Amman, Jordan; fax: (962-6) 464 7961. E-mail— noor@queennoor.jo. CAREER: Queen, activist, and architect. Worked as an architect in Australia, Iran, and Jordan; Royal Jordanian Airlines, director of planning; became Queen Noor of Jordan, 1978—.